Chapter 271: A Familiar Place

[Demon continent]

Far from the battlefield a huge magic circle soon opened up as three people got out from the teleportation circle that was just conjured

From afar they could see some numerous people walking towards them in a hurry

Leading such group of people towards them was Seralyn and Marxcus a Demon soldier that helped Seralyn

When they got near Seralyn happily welcomed them once more

"Welcome back! Well that took you so long, so did you find anything in the bridge? I'm quite curious" asks Seralyn

Hearing her Argos soon turned towards Seralyn as he approached her slowly together with Fengris and Aileene

"You don't know the situation aren't you?" Asked Argos

By this time Argos and the others have gone back to their previous transformation and the output of their power returned to 10% causing Fengris to go back being human, turning Aileene back into a child, and Argos back to his smooth non-scaled human form

But by the moment that the three of them approaches, the other noble Demon's that went with Seralyn and started a rebellion were shocked by their appearances as they appeared fatigue and disheveled from top to bottom

Even Seralyn was surprised by their appearances

"Argos-sama! Why do you guys look like that? Did something happen?" She asked frantically

But as she asked such question, Marxcus who was near her suddenly realized a person absence

"Wait! Where's Kaido-sama? Where is he? What happened to him?" He asked causing the atmosphere even more grim than before

Sensing that such tiny creatures wanted answer, Argos soon brushed up his disheveled hair as he said

"There was a war in the bridge, a huge one at that where the alliance army of all species led by humans, fought against the Demon king's army... Due to some circumstances the Demon king's army lost thus was forced to fully retreat and defend their last hope of advantageous position" said Argos

As he said that Seralyn finally figured out the last location where the Demon king's army is situated

"The Demon king's Castle..."

Hearing her the other Demon's with her gasp in surprise

"Your right little girl! That damned old bone of a Demon King has finally been cornered by the Human's, and yet we don't plan on helping the Human's" said Aileene

Looking at her  Seralyn suddenly felt an unknown pressure coming out of Aileene's body

"Aileene-sama! What happened to you?" She asked

"You mean me? Well nothing much... I did just got crowned as the Queen of Vampire's you know"

Hearing that the other Demon's and Demon's alike bowed in respect together with Seralyn as Seralyn isn't someone with a higher position yet, cause of that Seralyn had to show respect to Aileene who was the Queen of Vampire's

Of course upon seeing this Ailey seemed a bit smug as she puts on a brave face that was so annoying that even Fengris and Argos find it troublesome

"Little girl! Prepare your army" said Fengris

"Huh why?" Asked Seralyn

"It's time! The Demon king will fall" replied Fengris

Upon hearing this Seralyn was at a loss for words as she suddenly realized that the final battle was about to commence this putting an end to the war against demons that's been happening for two years now since the declaration of the war to the world two years ago

Contrary to her the other Demon's behind her seemed elated and thrilled that such a war was coming to an end

"In 10 days come the alliance army of all nation's will March and arrive near the Demon king's Castle, by the time that both army's has clashed against each other head on, is the time your rebellion army charged forth too" said Argos

"!!!"

"Our aim is blocking the main army and the castle, thus you guys will stall them on the castle gates where we forcefully charge in, as for us we will assist you while some will infiltrated to kill the King... Killing the Demon king takes priority and after that humans and Demon's can kill ea h other till their hearts content"

"That... A suicide mission" muttered Seralyn

"Wait a minute! You haven't answered my question!!! Where is Kaido?" Asked Marxcus

Hearing that Aileene's then gave him an answer

"Hehehe! Don't worry about that guy, he will come to the final performance of killing the king of the enemy, and he will make it in time... No one can kill a Calamity Class Being that easily"

At that Argos then added something that even gave them confidence in winning

"Calamity Class Beings are absolute, non can defy them"

With those words sparking the flame inside their chest, the whole rebel camp started to get rowdy as some dwarves were busy making weapons of war for the final battle that will take place in the Demon king's Castle

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[Hidden City, Ingra Kingdom]

~3 days later~

Contrary to the calming down battles at the bridge and the recovery of the army in that location, the situation too doesn't look good on Ingrid's side as Pablo seemed about worried at such

Thanks too Horus barrier they were able to prevent major damages on the forest as the enemy's spell got nullified by his barrier, thus causing land wars to emerge inside the forest

Sighing in frustration Luke with all bandaged up reported towards Ingrid who has full control of the city since Kaido's disappearance

"The holy city's army soldiers are being kept pinned down by our own soldiers which led by Rebecca at the front together with Okou and the other knight squads, the assassin's however were being dealt with by Melfina's shadow brigade, thus causing many casualties non both sides" said Luke as he handed down the papers

"This is the results" said Pablo as he scanned the paper

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Current fighting force - 380 left

Injured - 157

Casualties - 53

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"We can't hold this down any longer" said Reinbach which has joined the conversation while his family which consisted of Lilith and Eli the mother was on another room together with Lily and Queen Empress Evelyn

"Even though we can reduce the casualty numbers to it's minimum, it's the best we can do and result that we can get from an army of 590 that haven't experienced real war yet" said Reinbach

"This city is just too weak compared to the crusader army of the holy City of Sysca which consisted about 1500 soldiers... It's just a matter of time princess" said Luke

"Ingrid" muttered Pablo seemingly worried that his hard worked city made by previous slaves would be razed to the ground that easily

Gritting her teeth Ingrid soon gazed at Horus who just stood there in silent

"Defending your city is the best I can do princess... I can't interfere more or else the Elves would be put in danger" said Horus

"Weh!?! Is there really nothing we can do?" Reacted Cara who also came together with Horus

Hearing his reply Ingrid soon turned her gaze towards the Adventurers Guild master Ben of Guila Town

"We've already exhausted our resources princess... My adventurers have family so I need to look out for them, but this is too much... It's been ongoing for three days now, my adventurers are stressed out to the max

Indeed not only are they all tired physically even mentally they are fatigue due to them needing to put up their guard for nearly three days straight causing tension to arise

"Is there nothing we can do?" Asked Ingrid

With that question the whole room turned silent as if such question was hard to answer

Soon after Rebecca pushed open the door with her blue steeled armor passed down by Marquez Luke who seemed to have taken care of the residence well being in her place

Walking in with a bloodied appearance whom came from the enemy's side, Rebecca then boldly said

"We can defeat them, we have the greatest weapon that they don't have... If they have royal Knight's, then we have him" said Rebecca with a firm gaze

At that moment the whole room turned silent as Queen Empress Evelyn, Lily, Lilith, and Eli peeked from the door, relatedly listening on the conversation

Apparently three days ago when they returned, Kaido's Mana was immediately suppressed by Horus who seemed to have anticipated his arrival, followed by that numerous soldiers even people that Kaido have met in the past but couldn't remember have pulled Ingrid away from Kaido's murderous gaze

At first Kaido struggled by beating down most of the elite knights and shadow brigade, even to the point that he attacked Rebecca and his old companions

Thankfully when Horus suppressed him, Kaido on the other side didn't struggle under it as if he allowed himself to be captured after he found an interesting specimen

With the story coming from the others, it's been confirmed to everyone who saw his rampage and overpowering them by pure strength alone, that he indeed had forgotten the people who he helped and the city he started to establish as his home ground

Due to that incident the guards came in and suppressed him even more with the mages help and locked him down on their prison cell

Guarded heavily by the elite soldiers, the other knew it was worthless to guard him but nevertheless they felt more comfortable this way with the reason of not keeping Kaido from escaping but keeping out people away from him so that they won't be killed

"Kaido... He's unstable" said Ingrid as she brushed the part where Kaido gripped her

"No he's not! He let himself be captured for a reason, that's mean he's sane, if we can negotiate with him then it will be our way out of this problem, you can't handle this on your own... Your not him princess... Your you so stop trying to copy his behaviour of being stubborn" said Rebecca as she walked up towards her

As for Sarah, she knew that Rebecca meant well so she didn't stop her

After a few minutes of silence Reinbach find this reasonable as he said

"She's right! After seeing Horus, he seemed to have calmed down... He must be observing us by now"

"I totally agree" said Luke

This time Pablo approached her

"Ingrid! If you can't face him yet, then we can come with you or you can bring him infront of the court where all the people he had interacted with could see him in person and hear from him" suggested Pablo

Hearing that Ingrid nodded as she said

"Yes... That's a better idea, needed to be safe than sorry" said Ingrid

With that they decided to go and get help from Kaido, at that moment however Rebecca urged that she wanted to come with her to see him personally

So without any further objection, her request was allowed

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Deep in the prison cell where only one person was locked up, both Rebecca and Ingrid were walking down the hallway as they saw Kaido all chained down by steels made out of orichalcum

Added to that many suppression spells wet placed around him as if they were sealing a monster inside

But on the contrary such spells are meaningless to him who has ascended into a Calamity Class Being, a being who was feared by the gods

Seeing him in a lofty laying position while biting off some fruits that were brought here, Rebecca couldn't help but somewhat felt a familiar aura around him

It is as if she was seeing the Kaido who she had partied with in the past for the first time, causing her to remember their first lofty meeting

"Kaido!"

Hearing his name being called out, Kaido glanced at Rebecca with eyes of disinterest and said

"Who are you?"

Hearing that Rebecca felt sad as she proved that Kaido had really forgotten

Soon after Ingrid took over as she said

"We want your help, can you help us?"

"Hah?!?! After locking me up in here, you still dare to ask me that question?" Sneered Kaido

"Kaido please" begged Ingrid

At that moment Kaido threw a rock that he picked up somewhere towards the iron bars infront of Ingrid

"Shut up! Don't call me in such familiar name, when I don't even know who the fuck you are... To me you are an eyesore, your like a parasite, I can't even kill you with my own hands or else I die too... But remember this I'll never forget what you did to me and I'll make sure your death will be satisfying" growled Kaido

"Please help us Kaido! We know that your observing us and you can get out of this cell whenever you want, so please help us just this time" pleaded Rebecca

Hearing her Kaido started to laugh

"Hohoho! Who's this chic that knows it all? You shut up! Don't use such familiarity on me if you don't want a painful death" threatened Kaido

With that Kaido returned to his lofty attitude as he observe the battle above ground using his radar waves that he kept sending out secretly

At that moment Ingrid drew the last card she had to persuade him

Pulling out the necklace that is memorial to both of them, Ingrid showed it to him causing Kaido to stare at her with murderous eyes

"Tell me who gave that to you?" Asked Kaido in full anger

Seeing him in such turmoil Ingrid said lovingly

"You did... And if you help us I'll tell you how I received such necklace from you, a memory of your past that you've forgotten" said Ingrid

Hearing that Kaido seemed astonished to hear that he would resolve the issue that he's been experiencing whenever he's asleep as if he felt like something was missing

For the past days he's been dreaming of his past but he wouldn't be able to remember them when he woke up, thus leaving a huge question in his mind since then

But upon seeing an opportunity for his questions to be answered, Kaido replied in a serious tone

"Alright you got my attention, What do you want me to do?"